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It Really Did Take A Village
Exhibit, Person Greeks of Washington Exhibit, Person Greeks of Washington

It Really Did Take A Village

 While the town of Manson, Washington, was reminiscent of her parents’ homes in Greece, hers was the only Greek family in the area.  For Diamando (Manda) Tagas Bekris, it really did take a village to raise a child.  It was from the influence and urging of non-Greek neighbors that she was able to learn about the world outside of her own family.

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